Poland’s retail sales increased by 3.3% year-on-year in September 2026, slowing from 3.8% in August, missing market forecasts of 3.7%. Sales growth slowed for newspapers, books, and other specialized stores (1.3% vs 2.7% in August), while sales shifted to contraction for solid, liquid, and gaseous fuels (-9.8% vs 1.1%). The decline in textiles, clothing, and footwear also widened (-3.0% vs -2.7%). On the other hand, sales growth accelerated for motor vehicles, motorcycles, and parts (13.1% vs 11.7%), food, beverages, and tobacco products (1.4% vs 1.0%), pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and orthopaedic equipment (8.5% vs 6.2%), furniture, radio, TV, and household appliances (10.7% vs 10.6%), and other retail categories (15.7% vs 11.1%). On a monthly basis, retail sales fell by 3.8% in September. For the January–September period, retail sales were 3.0% higher than in the same period last year.